Sanjay Kumar

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approved setting up of six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in Andhra Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Goa, Jammu, Kerala and Karnataka. They will be initially established as societies and later converted to ‘full IITs’ by...

Surrogate mothers in government of India service are not automatically eligible for maternity leave and leaves are granted on a “case to case” basis, according to a statement by the government. Leaves have been granted in a few cases “taking the totality of circumstances into...

Incidents of communal violence increased this year compared to 2014, according to numbers from the Home Ministry. Adjusted for population, Karnataka saw the highest level of such incidents, while Madhya Pradesh showed the highest growth over 2014. Total number of such incidents are on track...

CEAT and Pirelli said that they had entered an exclusive partnership for distribution of Pirelli’s global range of motorcycle tyres in the Indian market. This sole partnership will leverage CEAT’s vast distribution and dealer network pan India, CEAT said. Pirelli is one of the world’s...

Air India has entered into an agreement with RITES or Rail India Technical and Economic Service to use the latter as a project consultant. “With the signing of the MoU the two companies will cooperate in their future projects, in areas of planning, design and...

Honda Cars India Ltd, a unit of the Japanese auto giant, reported a decline in car sales for November as Mobilio sales fell by nearly 90%, bucking the trend of overall positive numbers from other players. Earlier in the day, Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra &...

November is turning out to be a good month for automakers in India, with Mahindra & Mahindra, India’s biggest SUV maker, reporting a 21% jump after Maruti Suzuki said sales rose 9.7% in the month. M&M total auto sales stood at 41,590 units during November...

The impact of climate change on India would be more drastic than on many countries, according to a new paper released today by IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Gandhinagar and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). The country would need over $1 trillion from now...

In a novel gesture, NDTV, one of India’s biggest broadcasting firms, issued a detailed question-and-answer feature to counter what it called “media reports being circulated on various forums” about an alleged funding scam. The company has been asked by the government why a fine of...

TV18, one of India’s leading television broadcast networks and CNN International, the number one international news brand today announced the extension of their collaboration on CNN IBN. This comes weeks after the two said they are letting their agreement lapse. “Both parties embark on this...

Maruti Suzuki reported a strong increase of 9.7% in total auto sales for November this year due to strong sales of its Dzire Tour model and compact cars. Total sales increased to 120,824, comprising 110,599 units in the domestic market and 10225 units in exports....

The central government is awaiting feedback from the Supreme Court before expanding digitization of court proceedings by introducing audio and video recordings of proceedings. The ministry of law and justice said that it has been getting suggestions that following the digitization of court documents, a...

Punjabi writers have returned the highest number of awards and honors under the ‘award wapsi’ protests against intolerance, numbers from the ministry of culture revealed. The second highest number of Sahitya Akademi (Literary Council) awards were returned by Hindi writers, with six of them choosing...

A week after announcing a similar facility for all models of Swift and Dzire, Maruti Suzuki said it will offer the option of airbags and anti-skid braking on all models of compact hatchback Celerio, including the base version. “By offering safety features like airbags for...

Despite protests, the Delhi government has tabled Lokpal bill in the Assembly. Leaders of Swaraj Abhiyan, the hardline group that split from Aam Aadmi Party, including Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav were detained by the police after they marched to the Delhi Assembly against the...

SKS Microfinance Limited cut its lending rate by 1% to19.75% per year for all future disbursals. “With this, the Company becomes the first micro finance institution to charge a sub-20% interest rate on its core Income Generating Loans (IGL) which are unsecured micro loans. Interest...

All India Bank Officers’ Association, the second largest organisation of bank officers, said it would support the upcoming strike by IDBI employees against disinvestment of IDBI Bank. The government is reportedly planning to bring down its holding in the bank below 51% like it did...

Reliance Infrastructure Ltd., one of the flagship companies of the Anil Ambani group, said it expects bring Pipavav Defence & Offshore Engineering Co from the current corporate debt restructuring (CDR) program after taking over the company. Reliance Infra is in the process of acquiring Pipavav...

The Power Transmission & Distribution Business of L&T Construction has Won Orders Worth Rs 1,038 crores in the international and domestic markets in November 2015, the company said. Larsen & Toubro Saudi Arabia LLC, a fully owned subsidiary of L&T, has bagged an order valued...

Mahindra & Mahindra has launched an automatic variant of its top utility vehicle, the XUV500. The Automatic Option will be available on 3 variants of the New Age XUV500 – W8 FWD and W10 FWD & AWD and starts at a price of Rs 15.36...